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Sep 14, 2010

of this, our findings show that the public is very excited about the fact that puc has made a tremendous effort to reach out to communities. particularly in sunol. the folks there were so delighted to have someone there just to listen to them and help address some of the issues that have been plaguing that community for a while related to puc projects and properties managed and run by puc. what we did find was that the community wants more. they would like to have a stronger community partnership, and they would like puc to be more part of their community. we have developed a community benefits website, and it is to increase public input. it is an opportunity for people to learn about what we're doing as well as to provide input back to us through the online survey, and you can find that again on the sfpuc website. we have a banner there that will take you directly to the information about the community benefits program. with that, i would like to turn it over to bonita to talk about our definition of community benefits. >> good afternoon. i'm very excited to be here, and i would like to

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strength, and we believe the puc is very good at looking at the economic issues and has done an amazing job at looking at the environmental. we being the equity 1 is an area where there's a lot of room for improvement. we're talking about the stability. we're talking about given the bradth of the area that sfpuc covers, how community services are delivered. our recommendation includes 10 categories that have consistently come up. the definition reflects our agreement with commonly accepted principles that community benefits must be measurable and have appropriate nexus to sfpuc services and activities. our draft definition, and we have provided you, the commission, with the draft definition that appears on the website. this presentation short of truncates it a little bit. we have also made some copies of the draft definition available for the community. as i said, it is also on the website. we are seeking the feedback of the community on this definition, as well as stakeholder feedback, which we hope to gather through the website and through the survey that is online where anyone in the com

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in the environmental justice of reappeared obviously, puc has gone far beyond what any other agency has done, by adopting not just environmental and sustainability policy, but an environmental justice policy, and we see there are a lot of opportunities for that policy to be implemented. we discovered, and i have to really take my hat off -- i do not have one on, but i have to say i was blown away by the staff and the amount of work that has gone into developing a sustainability matrix, identifying baseline sustainability criteria, and really providing criteria for how you measure sustainability, what the successes might be, and again, i'm very excited about the prospect of real attention being paid to this project being consolidated. in the area work force development, your adherence to the local enterprise policy, the ways throughout the region your stakeholders have talked about utilizing local workers and local businesses and local resources to support the puc -- it was very inspiring. in the arts and culture are arena, there are many opportunities to celebrate local artists, to

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Sep 17, 2010

resources to support the puc -- it was very inspiring. in the arts and culture are arena, there are many opportunities to celebrate local artists, to celebrate and used part as a way of educating the community not only about art, but about how the puc works in its role in the community. we did not see health as a criteria for component of other community benefit programs, but we see what puc is doing as a way of having opportunities to improve health in the community, not just with the mitigation of orders and traffic congestion and other things that result from development, but by the maintenance of open space and parks and recreation areas so that people can develop healthy recreation lifestyles and see puc as a partner in developing positive outcomes. in the area of education, i will not go into detail, but there are so many ways to augment what is happening in the public school district and teach young people about the ways that water, power, and wastewater services are delivered that will enhance their understanding of physics, knowledge, math, so we are hopeful that education will

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of the question. >> it's a preference to have commissions like the p.u.c. televised so that's the other thing. we have certain limitations in how much we can televise in certain locations but we can work on it. >> as far as the interest expressed in having our meetings elsewhere, are there specific places or -- >> love to see more folks. >> i'm going to try to go to the big celebration. >> the 100th year celebration for the temple should be a nice thing? >> are you going? >> i believe everybody has the actual formal card invitation in their folders today. >> right. >> ok. any other further commission action? seeing and hearing none, at the top of the program i asked we give a moment of silence to those that perished and those that are distressed. i ask we do that in a moment of silence. [moment of silence] >> thank you. other than that, a motion to adjourn? >> so moved. >> second. >> ok. it's been moved and seconded. this meeting september 14 is adjourned at approximate 10 minutes to 6:00. september 14. thank you, everybody.

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Sep 29, 2010

the puc. there are many other contribution partners. this is a rollup of the state and federal funding. $500 and change will bring the project to closure. we are hoping we have lots of these opportunities in the future when we have to fund protection of land. these people take a long time. as long as i have been with the puc, almost five years, this has been discussed with staff, and what role for the puc to play. that has become more clear overtime. i think is a credit to the project sponsors, and particularly the land owners and funders of this program. it took a lot of patience. this is the kind of program we want to be involved in. a lot of collaboration and very broad support from the community. i think the people here to speak for the project will cover some of that ground. long ago, as part of the 1934 agreement, the puc did provide some funding for projects like this in the area. there was a very large flood. timing is everything. as a consequence, lots of landowners came forward with proposals to have their land protected with easements and acquisition. many of those projects

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regarding our ongoing of instigation of the so-called organic/biosolids compost program, started by the puc staff with the sinegro corporation act in 2007. we have released publicly and nationally the results of new independent scientific testing by dr. robert c. hale for the food rights network. it was found that the sludge product, that the puc has given away free to bay area home and school gardens is contaminated with flame retardants. our attached news release, which you all have or will have quotes dr. michael hansen of consumers union, whose organization is one of the many calling upon san francisco to uphold the precautionary principles and permanently halt these sludging giveaway programs. almost a year has passed since the "san francisco chronicle" first reported on this major controversy. in the past year, and has grown to become an international issue. a major investigation by a journalist with the cbs affiliate here in san francisco, and a city hall protest led by the organic consumers association on march 3 and march 4 respectively forced the city to temporarily suspend the sl

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>> i am at harrington, general manager of d puc. i'm so happy to be here today where we will be building a new building for the puc and contributing to the green movement in our state. it is a wonderful place to be. i will be introducing a number of folks, but i want to start with introducing my commissioners. as i mentioned, this is one of those things where the puc has trained about a new headquarters building for i do not know how many years. buying one or building one, but it was always sitting out there because we have people in different parts of san francisco renting space, and that is not a good thing for ratepayers ultimately. we are one of the leaders in green technology and water and energy conservation, and we should showcase that in our new building, and this building will give us a chance to do that. one of the proponents of this building since day one who was very excited to be here was a major gap in -- mayor gavin newsom, and i will turn it over to the mayor. [applause] >> the spirit of this announcement is the creation of literally hundreds of jobs over

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Sep 24, 2010

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juliet ellis is the new general manager for external affairs for the puc. [applause] we were able to convince her that four to eight hours a month was not enough. welcome, and thank you very much for accepting our offer. commissioner ellis: thank you to the fellow commissioners, the staff, and the community partners. part of what makes the position so attractive is the ability to work on this more than eight hours a month. i look forward to continuing to work in this different role. >> i would like to add to the general manager -- this is brilliant. [laughter] who would have thought. it really is. i am so pleased. we are very, very fortunate. you have worked on both sides. [laughter] >> i also would like to chime in. i was in the same position, where i had heard juliet might be moving on. i was broken hearted because she has been such a great colleague and ally on these important issues. i think this is a wonderful solution and opportunity. i think we will really be able to get some amazing things done with juliet in her new role. congratulations. we are so excited to work with yo

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question is around and related to the golf courses on puc land, correct? >> they are part of the watershed, but they are our property and we have an agreement to provide recreational activity and that property. -- on that property. supervisor avalos: it is puc property? >> in 1950 the board of supervisors passed a resolution authorizing the parks department to permit or allow recreational activity on these properties that was an agreement with no end date. the future board of supervisors could of course the cyber control of the property back over to the puc. as the current agreement exists, the parks department will continue to permit recreational activities on the properties. supervisor avalos: well, let's open this up for public comment. unless there is more from supervisor maxwell? two minutes per speaker? >> good morning, hon. supervisors. i am here to represent local 261 labor. i came here today to show the full support for this puc agreement with the park and we commend them for coming up with innovative ways to bring savings while innovating staff and service. thank you. >> good aft

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Sep 16, 2010

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impacted as much as general fund departments, it will probably be a time of constraint in the puc. you should expect not to see a lot of brand new things show up unless something else is traded for it. commissioner moran: i think december is kind of late in the process. you will have done a lot of your work. i would like to see how satisfactory that is. if we were to give a change of direction, december would be pretty late to do it. we will see how that plays out and can adjust schedules and other things. commissioner caen: to follow up on what you just said, maybe you can help us identify on if there is something that can be traded out, if there is something emerging that seems to be a priority everybody seems in agreement with, to come back to us and said they knew we can give a little less money to that to be able to do this. >> anything else? president crowley: in the issue tracking, you did at the -- you did add a review of the hedghet assessment and the capital projects we are talking about there. one thing that occurs to me would be awfully helpful at some point is also to have

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Sep 17, 2010

with the puc when i ran the combined charity campaign. puc was one of the department's contributing to the campaign. i already had some exposure. i look forward to working with all of you. it is going to be interesting. thank you. [applause] >> captainin -- in a short time with us, you have won a lot of parts of country. thank you very much. there is also an update on the incident in san bruno thursday night. the director of water supply and treatment was very involved, as long -- as well as other members of the organization. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am david briggs with the water supply treatment commission. -- treatment division. the response to last thursday's explosion by the puc staff was amazing. it was immediate and multifaceted. there was certainly a response by the fire department here and at the airport. that was very rapid and throw. puc staff or the first ones on the scene. some of us live in san bruno, 20 to 30 staff. they are our neighbor and wholesale customers. within minutes of the explosion, we knew exactly what was happening. staff at the tracy water tr

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Sep 19, 2010

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Sep 19, 2010

if they would do research. it is good that they think the puc is doing a good job, but i would like to respond to the request for research and see what that response is, but we would support that. i would like to be able to support that, and if that is something we could arrange with your general manager. lastly, on the wsip report, just as your report on the power plant in san francisco, there was the issue of who was responsible for cleaning up that contamination, and if that is a cost of the program, we would be interested in knowing whether someone is going after who should pay for that cleanup. thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. just two points -- one, i was able to go to the caliso meeting with the activists and environmentalists working with the goals as the general manager closed the power plant, and we came with a letter signed by the sierra club, the green party, and a lot of folks united to get this thing shot, and we heard one piece of good news, that when that cable is running, the power plant is not. that is good news, but what i heard on that day is that the cable has

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Sep 29, 2010

. >> the mou is between puc and rec and park for operations and maintenance? >> correct. if you can turn to page four or five, that is actually the list of things which are a retrofit of the irrigation system and training the staff and guaranteeing that there would be a site supervisor and testing and inspection. these are what we have agreed on behalf of the city. this assigns the responsibility to parks and recreation. >> these are the mitigation measures. >> correct. >> these are the agreements that we had and we are now transferring or allocating to parks and recreation? >> correct. >> the item shows that would it would give the general manager the response -- the responsibility to negotiate the mou. the wording on the agenda is slightly different from the final wording. >> that is what we will be voting on. >> correct. >> are there any further questions? is any public comment >> we have three speaker cards. >> public comments on item 14. >> good afternoon, commissioners. we advocate the protection of national parks. a thank-you for your work on the conservation efforts. i am here to

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the president of the p.u.c. commission, president crowley. i would like to go ahead and get started with the meeting. madam clerk would you please call roll call for lafco and i believe president crowley will do so for the p.u.c. commissioners. >> commissioner campos. >> present. >> commissioner dufty. dufty absent. commissioner avalos. >> here. >> avalos here, commissioner schmeltzer. schmeltzer absent. chairperson mirkarimi. >> present. >> we do have a quorum. president crowley: michael. present. >> commissioner ellis. >> here. >> commissioner moran. here. >> commissioner caen is excused today due to illness. >> thank you, michael. coich very good. next item, please. >> excuse me, i didn't hear my name on the roll call. >> commissioner dufty. >> here. >> next item please. >> opening remarks. item number three, opening remarks and discussion of expectations for this joint meeting. chairperson mirkarimi: i also noticed that there is not a line item for the minutes on this agenda from last meeting. minute approval is usually routine. >> jayson fried, lafco staff. we didn't include th

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input. while the issues and concerns may vary, the desire to work in partnership with puc was evident throughout your service territory. >> again, thanks for the work. they have kind of kept me brief throughout their research. one of the things i will share is that they had told me that they were hearing as they did their interviews, was that there was this desire for us to have the meetings locate into different parts of the region, so back there was a desire a face time, so i think that is interesting. i had a couple of comments and questions. one was around facilities and how the puc thinks about the actual facilities that we own. the architects we went into, they were talking about the recycled water project. as we talk about legal and the waste-water facility and bayview, we have talked about people being able to have tors and that kind of thing, but how we think about the facility assets that puc has. we talked quite a bit about the arts commission, and i never realized when you bring up the parts issues that previous commission meetings, about kind of why we are pursuing certai

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Sep 8, 2010

almost 100 years of service to be puc and the city. it was interesting to read through some of the information because i think i have followed several of their footsteps since i have worked in the city. several of them started off or very early work in the controller's office and at various times have moved to the puc. the first of the arteries is john russo -- of the honorees is john russo. starting in 1970, it seems like just yesterday, doesn't it? thinking he was coming as a part-time employee working as a tabulation officer. if your call back then, the whole data center for the city was down there as part of the seismic upgrades to the building, we had to take the center out, but it has been there years, so john was working for the controller's office during that time. in 1983, he moved over to the puc where they built the data center and did all the processing. but that was the past, and now we are over at left 55 market street, and his temporary job and a commission after 40 years, so we want to thank john for the chance to serve. we will ask all of you to come up at t

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Sep 8, 2010

a full requirement. they do all of the interface with puc. in contrast to the power choice approach, we are keeping responsibility for a couple of things that you will be able to get through your power to force. this is an impressive bunch. marin energy decided to maintain agency management of the items listed here we are getting this directly with the puc. we will handle most of our customer service issues. we will have deprograms within our agents separately from the contracts we are getting from shell energy. ours is a slightly different approach. >> why did you decide to do that? >> it was a judgment call about the kinds of policy-making and activities that are citizens wanted to see and the cost effectiveness that we believe that we could achieve with our staff. >> just to clarify, will we be the main point for customer service? >> the answer is yes. we would be the primary agents. >> if people have an issue, would they pick up the phone and kit a puc staff person? >> in terms of doing customer outreach, i think that that would be us. in terms of the provider of account services, t

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Sep 14, 2010

on the next round of puc project. i know a lot of us are eagerly waiting to see the sunset reservoir switched to get turned on and get a walk through for some of the community folks to get people back into the solar frame of mind again. can community folks go out and see how it is shaping up? >> now might be a good time to jump out of order. ed harrington, our general manager, has some announcements to make. >> as you know, the first announcement was that we have selected a general manager for external affairs. that position was vacated earlier this year when laura left. if you recall, we were changing the position to not only be in charge of relations and communications, but also take the lead on environmental sustainability issues and the community benefits jobs discussions we have been having. we did a search. i am pleased to announce the result is that commissioner juliet ellis is the new general manager for external affairs for the puc. [applause] we were able to convince her that four to eight hours a month was not enough. welcome, and thank you very much for accepting our offer. commis

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Sep 18, 2010

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Sep 18, 2010

to be located oat the site that puc has targeted skyline stables for decades. >> unfortunately, the site is so compacted and it's a really restricted site that we don't have room to maintain the stages on site with the improvements for the regional water system. >> reporter: the key is finding a new place for the horse. >> we have been in open discussions with them for the last few months andtine to work with them, pretty much on a weekly base. >> reporter: a dozen of skyline riders gathered for a bbq, saying goodbye to their stables. the new emergency water system broad of water to 2.5 million customers in the wake of a quake. something that they can understand, but they are hoping that the puc makes plans to relocate the stable. >> even if we signed papers for relocation, it's still until we actually have horses going into stalls, it's not a sure thing. >> reporter: skyline is one of the few cooperative stables, horse owners lend a hand and in exchange, pay less money. >> to put my horse down the peninsula, i have to drive 30 miles to place that i can only afford put my horse out to pastu

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Sep 24, 2010

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Sep 24, 2010

to the iso that we look forward to closure. i think the communications between staff, both at the puc, myself, the city attorney, with the mayor's office, with the stakeholders, it has been good in this process, so i think we're seeing really positive improvements in that regard. we have different opinions about the technical information. xibñiÑiÑiduring the board of gos meeting, so in the event that it does not come through the test successfully, we have a common understanding of what our next possible steps are to achieve closure. on that note, unfortu8puqe on september 8, the trans bay cable project did trip off-line during a test period. the testing ish= scheduled to resume. it was scheduled to end on september 10 and then resumed and that will conclude on october 10. they will of the other big results of the testing, and a determination will be made about whether the project is ready to bear, if you will, the reliability burden that the potrero is involved in. they would look at the termination of the process. they are, at this time, working with mirant to shorten and accelerate deter

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: the p.u.c. has been moving in the direction trying to get more specific about what is the real impact with regard to local jobs, local hirs, having a priority around that with endeavors that we are embarking on. i wanted to hear, it's probably more of a staff question of what's the appropriate time that we'll get more details about what this is going to look like with regard to job opportunities for local san franciscans? >> thank you, commissioner. one thing i would want to start out by noting is -- i will characterize a bit of power choice's, is they did do some good-faith outreach for l.b.e.'s. we took that as an encouraging sign that they be, you know and today i think the comments are also very supportive of sitting down at the negotiating table to work towards trying to incorporate the city's goals, not only on the renewable side but on the local workforce development. in terms of the various terms that we'll be sitting across the table to negotiate those will be front and center on my team's mind and i hope to be able to bring good news and updates to this body as appropriate.

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Sep 8, 2010

by the city attorney to pave the way. >> thank you, mr. terra. -- mr. terrochair. the california puc is charged with implementing the choice aggregation in california. the petition that we filed calls on the puc to modify their roles. i want to give you some background about wind it is critical 40 commission to make the changes. -- about why it is critical for the commission to make the changes. one of the key positions in the legislation states that the utilities are required to "cooperate fully" with the programs. in 2005, when the california puc was making the rules, pg&e continues to be a supporter of community choice aggregation. pg&e proposed that utilities should not be allowed to market against committee's choice aggregation programs. they should not be allowed to discourage customers from becoming customers of the program. add that time, a judge here recommended utilities are barred from marketing. the final decision did not adopt that particular provision without providing a full explanation. based on the cooperative attitude of the facilities, they did not see any need to

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Sep 16, 2010

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Sep 16, 2010

expressed some concern about the escalation clause that we were proposing with the puc. the original proposal was to escalate parking -- the revenue we received from the puc annually at a 3% rate. some commissioners will -- were concerned that might not take into account the true cost escalation over the long-term 75-year proposed agreement. i went back and had a couple of conversations with the public utilities commission staff. in order to address your concerns, the proposal that i am here to speak to you about this afternoon is the following. if actual increases to the parking rates that are approved by the mta board, because they approve parking rates at all city garages, including ours, if this increases to rates that exceed 3%, the puc will cover the difference in one of two ways. one, the length of the lease would be reduced from 75 years to some shorter time, according to the amount of money, or, and i think this is the more likely probability, the puc would make a supplemental payment annually to the department for the difference between what the new rate would be and what t

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Sep 17, 2010

technology that has always been there. looking at what transmits it to the puc, we will talk about that, but what we're basically talking about is going from a manual system to an electronic system, where the signal is transmitted through a series of steps to the puc, with the data in cryptic, so it is not from this address or this person, so that information is not transmitted with that. we have about 180,000 water meters in san francisco. two-thirds of those are more than 20 years old. one thing we know is that as these get old overtime, they start to run inefficiently, so we are virtually replacing every meter in san francisco with a brand new meter. we are collecting the data on an hourly basis. this will detect things far more rapidly because we will see spikes in usage. we will be working towards, as barbara just said, retail meters, as well, using these same meters. you would not have to install others. and we're using the local work force to do this. first, the need to transition units, which is this little grey box. when it comes to your home near you, this will be screwed to t

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Sep 6, 2010

joint meeting of the p.u.c. and lafco, again, on july 9. one big area that was changed is clarification in the scoring, specifically in making it very explicit that the oral scoring -- the oral interview, those scores will be associated with the same elements that are being scored for the written portion. and just as a reminder in terms of the process for the r.f.p., the first step is evaluating that the firms have -- that proposals meet the minimum qualifications in order to be scored. should they not meet any of those minimum qualifications, they would be rejected as not sufficient. the second stage is the written evaluation, where the points are allocated based upon their responses, ability to achieve the goals as stated in the r.f.p. and the highest-scoring firms would then be invited for oral interviews. and there are points allocated for the oral interview process. those oral interviewpoints would be associated with the same key elements described in the written proposal section, and there are also some points for l.b.e. outreach efforts. another bit of feedback that we heard was

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Sep 14, 2010

the p.u.c. the commission, the p.u.c., has a right to foot the bill. >> the san bruno explosion would not apply to a wildfire. pg&e has $190 billion in liability insurance to cover costs. >> you give them a free hand, they will take everything you have got. you have to have control over it. somebody appointed. >> since it's not their fault why would you want to pay in that circumstance? the government should be able to pay for the cause of the wildfire. >> reporter: those we spoke to today came by to see the devastation in the neighborhood. some had seen the initial fireball. those who came by today said they were not surprised. there is a meeting today scheduled for 1:30. we were unable to reach a spokesperson from the p.u.c. this morning but we do understand that commissioners will not vote on this until sometime next year, at the earliest, in the spring. reporting live from san bruno, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, jade. >> you'll find more information about pg&e's fund for the victims on ktvu.com as well as a link to look up the natural gas lines in your neighb

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Sep 17, 2010

, dancer and actor in school plays. her mother worked for the state puc for 20 years. they were survived by two others, father and husband james and sister gaby. >>> while we don't know what triggered the blast we know of a concern that pg and e addressed before the disaster. they are now admitting that it knew as long as a year ago about the presence of liquid in sections of its high pressure natural gas hype lines. experts say stands liquids like water and oil can foster the growth of microbes that can cause corrosion. >> i can't really speculate on how possible it is that it would have impacted line 132 but i can say we targeted the problem at the source which was at the regulator station. >> reporter: at the time they asked the puc to approve a $3.2 million expenditure to get the liquid out but they are admitting the inside section of 132 was never cleaned, never internally inspected. this the head of the california puc said they followed federal guidelines but agrees that they still need to make public the complete list of the 100 highest risk pipe segments in the bay area. >> we

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Sep 20, 2010

to thank the p.u. crfment but because -- because a lot of property came from the p.u.c. i want to thank the community and the folks that made this lap. it was really a city effort to make it what it is. thank you, fran, thank you, nick. thank you for all of your work. thank you. thank you supervisor maxwell for the leadership. if it weren't for her, we wouldn't be here today and you wouldn't seat library and other things happening. we had references to the public utilities commission. on the face of it you may say what do they have to do with this? >> a few points on that. one is when we talk about the surface infrastructure and the investments, a lot of condition of our infrastructure is dependent on what is underneath it -- the wart water and waste waterlines. that's managed by the pufment p.u.c. we have been working closely with them as they have been ramping up their repair and we have been ramping up ours. we benefit each other when we could coordinate and join and get all of the infrastructure repaired with less money and less disruption, so we have been making great headway in th

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Sep 23, 2010

and still maintain a sense of urgency in the investigation. the puc telling them to pay for the investigation and pg&e saying they will comply. >> we were expecting this from the commission and we will comply fully with any funding that puc deems necessary for pg&e on this investigation. >> as for preventing such tragedies in the future, the puc is proposing that panel to find out what happened in san bruno. is that a one-time event or is the problem systemic. maybe the utility could have done more to prevent it. pg&e spokesman could not tell how this investigation is going to be paid for, if it's going to be through shareholders' profits or a rate hike. that still has to be determined. david louie is inside now. we'll have much more for you at 5:00 and 6:00. live in san francisco, terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> thanks, terry. in orinda it took pg&e crews six hours to stop a natural gas leak. the pipe was cut by a construction crew late last night. it was the third leak reported in the last 24 hours. someone hit a gas main near camino pablo around 11:30 p.m.. it was cap

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in the investigation. the puc telling them to pay for the investigation and pg&e saying they will comply. >> we were expecting this from the commission and we will comply fully with any funding that puc deems necessary for pg&e on this investigation. >> a for preventing such tragedies in the future, the puc is proposing that panel to find out what happened in san bruno. is that a one-time event or is the probl systec. maybe the utility couldave done more to prevent it. pg& spokesman could not tell how this investigation is going to be paid for, if it's gog to be through shareholders profits or a rate hike. that still has to be determed. david louie is inside now. we'll have much more fo you at 5:00 and 6:00. live in san francisco, terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> thanks, terry. in orinda it took pg&e crews six hours to stop a natural gas leak. the pipe was cut by a construction crew late last night. it was the third lk reported in the last 24 hours. someone hit a gas main near camino pablo around 11:30 p.m.. it wasapped about 5:30 this morning. more than two dozen homes were briefly evacuated as a pr

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for the puc because of our existing responsibilities in that area. in this case, we do not manage any land that is in the lower river, but we do want to see if protected. the general manager made reference that it was part of the commitment that was made almost six years ago. i think you were here them. it has taken this long for us to bring one of these projects to you, so i am glad we got this question. it reminds all of us how hard it is to make these things happen. we talked about the watershed program being a land program only. over time, it became a little more broad. these are the things we hope to do is still in our local watersheds on the peninsula and in alameda, but this happens to be the first one we could bring to the commission. vice president vietor: that is correct. i do remember now, but i have obviously forgotten. i see that river partners is a 5 01 c three. what is their pursuit exactly? >> i am not sure. i can tell you from the broadest perspective that the fish and wildlife service has its property within its boundaries for the refuge. we would be talking about them ta

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is at night. i do not know how realistic that is. the priority will be given to the puc, and then it city employees, and then the next tier is the public. president crowley: in this case, we reserve space, so i would think we will look at something like this. >> as you know, there are several innovative features, and i thought it would be good as part of the update to go into a little more detail of some of these features and some of the updates, and today, i would like to tell you about the machine korea going to install at that site. -- we are going to install at that site. we are not only going to treat gray water, blackwater. i wish i could get it and the more focused. the reason i am showing you this line is just to show you the flow of water, and so, i wanted to show that this uses water that comes from showers and cooling towers, and the toilets are all treated as part of the living machine, and it is positive in the reclaimed water reservoir for use in our toilets, and then it demonstrates the rainwater harvesting for irrigation, and that is just under 30,000 gallons to store as m

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. the director of the p.u.c. requested them and pg&e has called a press conference for 1:00 today. claudine wong joins us live with more on what will be on the list. good afternoon, claudine. >> reporter: good afternoon, tori. yes, the p.u.c. made its request on friday and pg&e has this 1:00 press conference scheduled. we're told we get to see that list. the list will be the top 100. you no we have spent -- now we've spent this morning dealing with what will be on that list. this morning, it was a typical scene at tazman and 1st. no one seemed overly concerned about the pipe running underground. but chuck reed says he's already been that that section of pipeline will be on the list. but pg&e didn't give any details as to why. >> we don't know the specific locations of the section. we don't know what they plan to do about it. so we're anxious, like everybody else, about what needs to be done. >> reporter: this is the director sent to pg&e's president. it asks for seven areas of information. eventually they want to know which projects is high priority. and what specific public safety concerns put

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that the puc is considering authorizing agreements for the golf course which is within the boundaries of the conservation area this is the project that has been known and documented by the fish and wildlife service. we are concerned with this potential action. this came up in march of this year and april of this year. north coast county wanted to know should we move forward with this project because there is ailing real issue here on the golf course. we are not aware of any policy to the continued to call for. how could the water continue elsewhere? this is a serious matter. there have been notices to file in the city of san francisco for the care of these issues. why am not clear what the role of puc is. this project is unresolved. there are other organizations that can share their thoughts with you. this continues to be unresolved. the city of san francisco has had to work with the agency's. this is clearly not a policy directive. that is what is going on right now. we know that your response to public comment, this could be directed elsewhere in the project changes. this is it part

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, and there was a roomful of people, about 30 parks of, and about 30 puc -- about 30 parks staff. >> i was at yosemite a few weeks ago, and i had dinner. the park superintendent for the last 15 years was in charge of a seashore, and before that, he was a deputy, so he knows a lot about the city and is very comfortable in the interaction that seems foreign to some people, but he is comfortable . president crawly: colleagues, that has been moved and seconded. all of those in favor, please signify by saying aye. opposed? clerk: mr. president, item 13, a discussion and possible action to approve the amendment number two to watch the enterprise, water system improvement program funded agreement no. cs-8578, for a total amount of 160 dozen dollars with a time extension of two years, nine months, for a total duration of five years, three months. president crowley: colleagues, anything on 13? ok, any public comment? hearing none and seeing none, i will take a demotion. all in favor, please signify by saying aye. no. 14. clerk: a discussion of possible action to approve the amendment number one to waste water and ap

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in california that's local to the san francisco, puc, the california commission has listed grant under their renewable fuels program and they are reported to supply several millions of dollars to demonstrate the viability of product that can be commercialized. all the good establishments in urban areas to convert to bio diesel fuel. these collaborative opportunities are available and have been used for many years now throughout the various states and, i think the opportunity is right in front of us to take advantage of these opportunities. in this particular case you have the state of california, you have the region nine, epa, so you have a regulator, san francisco ucuc. all contributing to funds offered by the california commission. so i'd like to suggest that we, as a group here, recognize that those opportunities are out there and that we leverage those opportunitys for the sake of reducing the carbon footprint and if we do that, these are near turn gains we can do as we get to the long-term as far as uncertainties and hydrological issues that might take a longer time to resolve. >>

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for 28 years. he started at the airport and worked there for two years before coming to the puc. he is the senior clerk in our contract group. he assembled bid packages, consultant contracts, invoices, and a variety of things. the most interesting thing is what he plans on doing after retirement, which included going to las vegas casinos, learning to dance, going to the philippines, bike, jog, and walk. he has been saving up a lot. it has been a pleasure working with you, peter, and i wish you success in all those endeavors as you retire. would you like to come up? [applause] [applause] >> unless any commissioner has any additional agenda items to propose at this time, or anyone has a public comment on that item? >> commissioners, it is obviously a privilege to talk to jon over the years. this man is a walking encyclopedia. so i have encouraged him that after his retirement he should attempt to write a book or something. believe me, when we deal with our peers and hour issues -- our issues in the byay, there are so many secrets that very few people know about them. this is one man t

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are not permitted to release oil into the city. the manager of the puc will give you the draft board blueprint. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i apologize for the graphic nature of my presentation today. i am with the sfpuc, sewer department, water enterprise. my job is to implement and manage programs that keep pollutants out of the sewer system, which are required by our permits. not only are they good for the environment but they are required by permit. we are going forward to the board of supervisors with a resolution that has already been approved by our commission for an ordinance that will help control greece in the sewers. this is an example of a sewer lateral. i am pretty sure this is coming from a restaurant. it looks like water, but this is hard in the crease with a trickle of water. this is what happens when it hits the name servers. the first one to the left is a manhole cover when you look down. we had to jackhammer that one out. it is not a pretty subject but we have known it has been a problem for a long time, and we have inspectors that go out and have been teaching restaur

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put out. there is an emergency drinking water map. you can get to it from the puc's website and 72 hours. org. it shows the fire hydrant they show is incorrect. the locations are correct. >> they did reprint the picture is not accurate. so, >> still get that map >> they are downstairs today with the map. you can go to the puc's website. from sfgov. org. it's available on line. >> i want to talk about the hydrants. we have 2 types of hydrants in san francisco one is a backup water supply with big black plugs that's not drinking water. on the original roll out of the 100,000 hand outs they put a drinking water drop on the big hydrant. the reprints have the skinny knobby hydrants. the small little you know the british style smaller plugs much the big round one with the smooth head is not drinking water. the smaller standard white hydrant is the drinking water and the new reprint has the correct photo on it. >> that's a good thing to know. >> let me get through this last question of this and then we can open it up. how do a get a consultant to assess what i need to do to improve m

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providing transportation analysis support. puc will lead water, lighting, infrastructure planning and design. a few of the topics of our study in analysis, the objective being to redesign market street to revitalize the corridor. as i mentioned, place an urban design will include studies such as an outdoor seating strategy, screening elements, comprehensive sign-ins', transportation, transit operation, the bicycle facilities, a pedestrian crossings, and general circulation along the corridor. there are several parallel projects and effort going on on market street, in the end of round market street. repaving is scheduled for 2015. there is a transit affected this project. many projects that i am sure you have seen on going on market street. transbay redevelopment. the goal of the project team is to coordinate with staff on all of these efforts to make sure that we are integrating finding from those studies and visa versa. public up -- is -- outreach is a priority. the technical advisor recommit the which will include staff, and a set a path designed advisory committee, and more high-level de

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from the other items? >> yes. chairperson avalos: great. a representative from puc? >> my name is betsy tan. this resolution adopts ceqa findings. we came to you in 2006 asking approval to accept the grant. at that time, you did approve of us to do that. that was with the exception of having us come back after we completed the environmental review. we are here today because we have completed the ceqa approval for the project and are back to ask for your approval to extend this grant. we are excited to move forward with this project which would minimize future flooding in the caesar chavis -- caesesar chave area. >> this resolution would simply approve an expenditure you authorized of $477,900 in grant funds from the u.s. epa. those funds would reimburse the puc for a similar amount from waste water revenue bond fund money, which the board of supervisors previously appropriated. we recommend you approve this resolution. chairperson avalos: thanks, mr. rose. public comment on item 7? no public comment. motion from supervisor mirkarimi for approval. that will go to the full board with the

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